Jishou University is a provincial comprehensive university established in western Hunan with the approval of the State Council in September 1958. It is divided into Jishou Campus and Zhangjiajie Campus, and its headquarters is located in Jishou City, the capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture at the intersection of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou. The campus covers an area of 268 hectares with a building area of 52, square meters. The school enrolls students from 28 provinces and cities across the country, with more than 2, registered students, including more than 18, full-time junior college students.
There are 1,58 on-the-job faculty members, 95 full-time teachers, and 387 people with associate senior titles or above, including 81 professors and 13 sideline professors. Eighteen disciplines, including ethnology, China minority economics, traditional ethnic sports, ecology, literature and art, ethics, Marxist philosophy, sports humanities and sociology, Chinese philology, specialized history, industrial economics, legal theory, Marxist theory and ideological and political education, condensed physics, analytical chemistry, applied chemistry, chemical processing engineering of forest products and enterprise management, have the right to grant master's degrees, and 42 undergraduate majors cover philosophy and business management.
there are schools of literature and journalism, foreign languages, business school, medical school, tourism, chemistry and chemical engineering, biological resources and environmental science, sports science, adult education, international exchange, mathematics and computer science, physical science and information engineering, music and dance, Zhangjiajie (an independent secondary school), information management and engineering, urban and rural resources and planning, fine arts and law school. There are 25 secondary education colleges and departments, including School of History and Culture, School of Politics and Public Administration, School of Marxism, College of Preparatory Education for Nationalities, Department of Modern Education and Technology, Department of Foreign Language Teaching for Public Officials, and Training Department for Minority Cadres.
There are 3 provincial key majors and 2 provincial key disciplines, and there are 15 research institutes, 5 laboratories and 1 provincial key laboratory. The total value of teaching instruments and equipment is 12.1 million yuan, and the library has a building area of 18, square meters, with a collection of 1.17 million volumes and 3,267 Chinese and foreign periodicals.
The school always regards the training of qualified personnel as the fundamental task of the country. In 1997, the school passed the undergraduate teaching qualification assessment of the former State Education Commission. Nearly 2 topics have been listed as provincial-level teaching reform courses, one teaching achievement has won the second prize of the state, and 15 teaching achievements have won the provincial excellent teaching achievement award. Through the reform of curriculum system, teaching content, teaching methods and teaching means, the teaching quality has been obviously improved. In recent years, the passing rate of college English and computer unified examination ranks among the forefront of similar colleges in the province. The Music and Dance Academy has won many awards in international and domestic competitions, and students from the School of Mathematics and Computer Science and the School of Physical Science and Information Engineering have won many awards in various competitions across the country.
scientific research in schools has achieved fruitful results. Since 1988, he has undertaken 43 national-level courses such as the National Social Science Fund and the National Self-taught Fund, 4 projects above the provincial level and more than 18 other projects. The kiwi fruit "Guo Wang Su" developed by the school was awarded the title of "New Technology Product" by the Ministry of Science and Technology and other five ministries. He has published more than 12 monographs and more than 4 textbooks and teaching books. Journal of Jishou University has entered the "American BIOIS" center, and the social science edition has been awarded the title of "Top 1 Social Science Journals in China" for two consecutive times and selected as the "Core Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences in China". The school has been rated as "Hunan National Social Science Fund Project Management Innovation Unit" and "Hunan Social Science Planning and Management Advanced Unit".
since its founding 47 years ago, the school has trained more than 4, graduates of various types for the country and made great contributions to the economic construction and social development of Hunan and the border areas of four provinces and cities. The school has been awarded the honorary titles of "National Advanced Collective of Ethnic Education", "Garden-style Unit of Hunan Province", "Civilized University of Hunan Province", "Excellent Corporate Unit of Hunan Province", "Civilized Unit of Hunan Province" and "National Advanced Unit of Spiritual Civilization Construction". In April 21 and May 23, The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), Premier Zhu Rongji of the State Council, The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and Vice President Zeng Qinghong visited Jishou University respectively, praising "Jishou University is the pride of Hunan" and affirming that the school has "special value".